The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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L’Engle, Madeleine; [i.e., Madeleine L’Engle Franklin (née Camp)] (1918-2007) (about) (items)
• Poor Little Saturday, (nv) Fantastic Universe October 1956

Lennartz, Robert (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Opening Lines, (ms) Murderous Intent Winter 1996

Lennox, Carl (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Finger Lady, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories February 1941
• Dressed to Kill, (ss) Spicy Detective Stories May 1941

Lennox, Eric (fl. 1930s-1940s); house pseudonym (items)
• Murder on the Cuff, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1938
• Double-Cross Getaway, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine April 1938
• Seamstress to Satan, (vi) 10-Story Detective Magazine July 1938
• A Gentleman at Large, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine August 1938
• Curse of San Morra, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine October 1938
• Double Trouble Shooter [Dan Graham], (ss) Variety Detective Magazine November 1938
• Mirror of Fate, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1939
• Blackmail Boomerang, (ss) Variety Detective Magazine February 1939
• The Slinking Clue, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine March/April 1939
• Advertisement for Murder [Nelson Scott], (ss) Variety Detective Magazine April/May 1939
• Loot Liability, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine May/June 1939
• Killer of the Cragland, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine July 1939
• Phantom Looter, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine September 1939
• Hot-Seat Cheaters, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine September 1940
• League of Doom, (nv) Lone Wolf Detective Magazine October 1940
• Hangnoose Cheat, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1941
• The Corpse Maker, (nv) Lone Wolf Detective Magazine April 1941
• Death-House Candidate, (ss) 10-Story Detective Magazine November 1941

Lennox, Gregory (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Hostess for Murder, (nv) Daredevil Detective Stories November 1941

Lennox, Robert K. (fl. 1920s) (items)
• The Price of Vanity, (ss) The Black Mask May 1921

Lenski, S. Philip (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Four Dead Bodies in a Cornfield, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #46, 2022

Lensner, David (fl. 1970s) (items)
• Man on a Chessboard, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976

Lentz, Will (fl. 1920s) (items)
• Fourth Prize, $5, (ms) Mystery Magazine #100, January 1 1922

Lenz, Sidney S. (1873-1960) (items)
• Up the River, (vi) Vanity Fair (US) 1935

Leo, Julie (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Use of the Awkward Hand, (ss) Black Cat Mystery Magazine #4, Winter 2018/2019

Leochy, Istvan (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Anastasia?, (ar) The Saint Magazine July 1967

Leon, George de Lucenay (fl. 1970s) (items)
• The Missing Ingredient, (ss) London Mystery Selection #94, September 1972
• Vintage Murder, (ss) Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine August 1975

Leon, Henry Cecil (1902-1976); used pseudonym Henry Cecil (items)
• “I Killed Gordon McNaughton”, (ss) 1956, as by Henry Cecil

Leon, Robert (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items)
• Right Thing to Do, (ss) Manhunt June 1960
• Half Past Eternity, (ss) Manhunt April 1962

Leonard (fl. 1930s-1960s) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) Suspense (UK) August 1960
• [illustration(s)], (il) Suspense (Australia) August 1960
• [illustration(s)], (il) Suspense (UK) September 1960
• [illustration(s)], (il) Suspense (Australia) September 1960

Leonard, A. G. K. (fl. 1960s) (items)
• Dream of Death, (vi) London Mystery Selection #45, June 1960

Leonard, Burgess (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items)
• No Grave for Freedom, (ss) Doc Savage June 1944

Leonard, Charles L.; pseudonym of M. V. Heberden (1906-1965) (items)
• Search for a Scientist, (n.) Doubleday, 1947
• Sinister Shelter [Paul Kilgerrin], (n.) Doubleday, 1949

Leonard, Devin James (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Last Call at the Gasping Banshee, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #201, 2025

Leonard, Edward (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items)
• Missed in Maiden Lane, (nv) Detective Story Magazine November 12 1921
• By Candlelight, (nv) Detective Story Magazine November 19 1921
• The House of Fear, (na) Detective Story Magazine January 7 1922
• Carvalho, Mystery Solver, (ar) Detective Story Magazine February 25 1922
• Plotted with Roses, (nv) Detective Story Magazine March 4 1922
• The Mark of a Match, (na) Detective Story Magazine November 25 1922
• The Laugh in the Cellar, (na) Detective Story Magazine March 24 1923
• Ali Baba, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 9 1923
• Inky Tracks, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 21 1923
• The Mocking Bird, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 29 1923
• In His Own Noose, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 8 1923
• The Governor’s Hand, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 23 1924
• The Yellow Feather, (nv) Detective Story Magazine March 1 1924
• The Man with Paper Hands, (nv) Detective Story Magazine April 5 1924
• Groping Fingers, (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1924
• The Wrong Handkerchief, (nv) Detective Story Magazine June 7 1924
• Loaded Roses, (ss) Detective Story Magazine June 21 1924
• The Scented Shadow, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 26 1924
• Behind the Velvet, (nv) Detective Story Magazine August 16 1924
• The Actress and the Octopus, (nv) Detective Story Magazine August 23 1924
• A Maid from Maiden Lane, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 7 1925
• The Plugged Nickel, (nv) Detective Story Magazine March 28 1925
• Fools’ Tips, (ss) The Detective Magazine #65, May 8 1925
• Velvet Fingers, (nv) Detective Story Magazine June 13 1925
• The Candy Baby, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 22 1925
• The Smugglers, (ss) Detective Story Magazine September 12 1925
• The Invisible Woman, (nv) Detective Story Magazine September 26 1925
• The Golden Widow, (ss) Detective Story Magazine October 17 1925
• The Living Dead, (nv) Detective Story Magazine November 14 1925
• The “Ringer” in the Bank [Henry Arthur Milton (The Ringer)], (nv) Detective Story Magazine December 12 1925
• Sparkling Danger, (nv) Detective Story Magazine March 20 1926
• Crooked Straight, (nv) Detective Story Magazine May 8 1926
• Say It with Diamonds, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 14 1926
• The Gilded Death, (nv) Detective Story Magazine October 9 1926
• Washed Out by the Tide, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 20 1926
• The White Ribbon, (sl) Detective Story Magazine June 25 1927, etc.
• Killed to Order, (nv) Detective Story Magazine September 24 1927
• The Book of Secrets, (na) Detective Story Magazine October 15 1927
• The Man Hunter, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 10 1927
• Shipwrecked Jewels, (ss) Detective Story Magazine February 25 1928
• The Stiffening Hand, (nv) Detective Story Magazine March 31 1928
• The Fourth Offender, (sl) Detective Story Magazine June 16 1928, etc.
• High Cost of Freedom, (ss) Detective Story Magazine July 21 1928
• Dead-Line Flynn’s Angel, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 10 1928
• Satan’s Door, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 1 1928
• The House of Stolen Jewels, (ss) Detective Story Magazine December 29 1928
• Perfect Frame, (ss) Detective Story Magazine January 5 1929
• House of Whispers, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 11 1929
• Madman’s Magic, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 17 1929
• A Perfect Disguise, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 31 1929
• The Shield of the Guilty, (nv) Detective Story Magazine October 19 1929
• Sealed Lips, (ss) Detective Story Magazine November 2 1929
• Poor Worm, (ss) Detective Story Magazine March 22 1930
• Back Home, (ss) Detective Story Magazine April 19 1930
• The Murder Trap, (nv) All Star Detective Stories April 1930
• In Confidence from the Dead, (ss) Detective Story Magazine May 10 1930
• Brand of the Fetters, (nv) Detective Story Magazine June 14 1930

Leonard, Elmore (John, Jr.) (1925-2013) (items)
• Three-Ten to Yuma, (nv) Dime Western Magazine March 1953
• Excerpt from LaBrava, (ex) Arbor House, 1983
• Commentary on LaBrava, (ar) The New Black Mask Quarterly No.2 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985
• Karen Makes Out [Karen Sisco], (nv) Murder for Love ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, January 1996
• Sparks, (ss) Murder and Obsession ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, March 1999
• Elmore’s Rules of Writing, (ar) The New York Times September 16 2001
• The Only Good Syrian Foot Soldier Is a Dead One, (ss) The Strand Magazine #39, February/May 2013

Leonard, James (fl. 1990s) (items)
• Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll, (iv) Shots Summer 1998 [Ref. John Spencer]

Leonard, Joseph (fl. 1980s) (items)
• The Swap, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1989

Leonard, Leonard L.; pseudonym of Leonard L. Levinson & Leonard Neubauer (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• Wages of Innocence, (ss) Collier’s May 6 1939

Leonard, Pat (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Crimson Tangle of the Trapped Parson, (ia) Flynn’s Detective November 1942
• The Bride’s in Heaven, (ss) The Shadow Winter 1949
• A Five-Pointed Clue, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Winter 1949

Leonard, Phillip (fl. 1970s); used pseudonym Philip Donald (items)
• Death in the Parlor [Barney Kowalski] (with Donal B. Buchanan & Carter Elliott), (ss) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1977, as by Philip Donald

Leonard, Richard (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Wave Bands of Death, (ss) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1941

Leonard, Wilfred (fl. 1940s) (items)
• Murder by Radio, (ss) Daredevil Detective Stories January 1942

Leone, Ser (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1960
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1960
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine May 1960
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1960
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1960
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1960
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1963
• [front cover], (cv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1975

Leong, Ernest (fl. 1990s) (items)
• The Emperor’s Treasure, (ss) Detective Story Magazine #7, February 1990

Leopold, Brian (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• With One Stone, (ss) Thuglit #5, May/June 2013
• The Card Counter, (ss) M #2, November 2014

Leotta, Allison (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Discretion, (ex) Touchstone, 2012
• Writing a Thriller Based on Your Day Job, (ar) Suspense Magazine June/July 2016

Leotta, Joan (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items)
• The Dead Lady’s Coat, (ss) Crimestalker Casebook Spring 2006
• The Dying Season, (ss) Betty Fedora #4, 2017
• The Value of Time, (vi) Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2026

Lepionka, Kristen (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)
• Hitchcocktober: On Queer Coding in Hitchcock Films, (ar) Mystery Tribune #11, Fall 2019 [Ref. Alfred Hitchcock]

Lepovetsky, Lisa; [i.e., Alica E. Lepovetsky] [née Harvey] (1951-2019) (about) (items)
• Joe Frog’s Place, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1994
• Finding the Wind, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1994
• Storyteller, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1995
• Here Be Monsters, (ss) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1995
• Picture Perfect, (ss) Whispering Willow Premier Edition 1997
• Watch Your Step, (ss) Whispering Willow Mysteries #1 Sleuth Edition 1997
• Noodling, (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 2014

Lepp, Bil (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Potential, (ss) Close to the Bone (online) December 12 2025

Leppard, Stanley R. (fl. 1940s) (items)
• The Hard Way, (ss) Detective Tales August 1948

Le Queux, William (Tufnell) (1864-1927) (about) (items)
• The Gamblers, (n.) Hutchinson, 1901
• Fatal Fingers, (n.) Cassell, April 1912
• Within Four Walls [Hugh Donovan], (ss) The Royal Magazine May 1916
• The Scarlet Kimono, (ss) The Grand Magazine January 1922
• The Man in the Round Spectacles, (ss) The Grand Magazine July 1922
• The Bronze Face, (n.) Ward Lock, 1923
• The Crystal Claw, (n.) Hodder & Stoughton, 1924
• The House of Souls, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine May 1926
• The Passport, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine August 1926
• The House on Richmond Green, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine October 1926
• The Affair of the Orange, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine November 1926
• A Secret of the Underworld, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine December 1926
• Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 1, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine January 1927
• Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 2, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine February 1927
• Chronicles of the Crimes Club, No. 3, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine March 1927
• The House of Evil, (n.) Ward Lock, March 1927
• The Peril of Helen Marklove, No. 1, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine July 1927
• The Peril of Helen Marklove, No. 2, (ss) Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine August 1927
• The Rat Trap, (n.) Ward Lock, March 1928
• The Great International Secret, (n.) Hutchinson’s Adventure & Mystery Story Magazine June 1928, etc.

Lerch, R(oger) S(herman, Jr.) (1890-1953); used pseudonym L. R. Sherman (items)
• The Last Cartridge, (ss) The Black Mask January 1927, as by L. R. Sherman
• The Man Who Would Not Quit, (ss) Black Mask January 1928, as by L. R. Sherman
• Reading Sign on the Sagebrush Kid, (ss) Black Mask December 1929, as by L. R. Sherman
• Blood on the Rink, (nv) Complete Underworld Novelettes Summer 1934, as by L. R. Sherman
• The House of Heavenly Hell, (nv) Clues Detective Stories February 1936, as by L. R. Sherman
• The Obsidian Knife, (nv) Clues Detective Stories June 1936, as by L. R. Sherman
• The Golden Scarab, (nv) Clues Detective Stories March 1937, as by L. R. Sherman
• Crawling Things, (nv) Clues Detective Stories May 1937, as by L. R. Sherman
• Murder Howls at Night, (nv) Detective Tales October 1937
• The Gray Wolf’s Fangs, (nv) Thrilling Detective December 1938
• The Little Silver Corpses, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine May 1939
• Match for Mr. Satan, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine August 1939
• The Case of the Eyeless Corpses, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries September/October 1939
• The Test-Tube Murders, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine October 1939
• Workshop of the Lightning-Maker [Clay Breton], (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries November/December 1939
• Frankenstein’s Twenty Cousins [Clay Breton], (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries January/February 1940
• Murder Sends a Valentine, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries May 1940
• Flesh for the Silver Venus, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries July 1940
• Flowers Grow on Corpses, (nv) Dime Mystery Magazine August 1940
• Flesh for the Chinatown Dragon, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries September 1940
• Hounds of the Vampire, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries November 1940
• The Things from Underground, (nv) Strange Detective Mysteries January 1941

Lercher, Lisa (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Women’s Table, (ss) Noir Nation #2, September 2012; translated by Mary Tannert

Lerdall-Fitterer, Terry (Lynn) (1952-2019) (about) (items)
• Blank Check (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 2002
• He Auto Be Ashamed, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2002
• Adios, Amigo!, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 2003
• Snored to Death, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 2004
• Photo Finish (with Katherine H. Brooks), (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March/April 2006
• Ice Cube Trey, (pm) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2006

Lermontoff, Michael (Yurievich) (1814-1841) (items)
• A Fair Smuggler, (ss) The Strand Magazine January 1891

Lerner, Edward M. (1949- ) (about) (items)
• I’ve Got the World on a String, (ss) Galaxy’s Edge January 2019
• The Grandfather Paranoia, (ss) Black Cat Weekly #241, 2026

Lerner, Eric J. (1947- ) (about) (items)
• Pinkerton’s Secret, (ex) Henry Holt, 2008

Leroux, Gaston (1868-1927) (about) (items)
• The Floating Prison, (n.) Laurie, 1922; translated by Hannaford Bennett
• Chéri-Bibi, Mystery Man [Chéri-Bibi], (n.) J. Long, 1924
• The Puppet, (sl) Flynn’s May 15 1926, etc.
• The Machine to Kill, (sl) Flynn’s Weekly June 12 1926, etc.
• The Inn of Terror [Capt. Michel], (nv) Weird Tales August 1929; translated by Mildred Gleason Prochet
• The Woman with the Velvet Collar [Capt. Michel], (ss) Weird Tales October 1929